Best Mate
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1992
Hybridizer:

David Adams

Christchurch, New Zealand

David Adams
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2012
Seed Parent: 
Dear Me 2 W-P 
Tom H. Piper, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1965
Nina x (Keera x Bon Rose)
Dear Me
Pollen Parent: 
79/14A [
Easter Moon 2 W-GWW 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1954
Tryst x Greenland
Easter Moon
x Brogden T19 ( 2W-P ) ]
Seedling Number:
85/08A
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 102mm wide; perianth segments 34mm long, ovate in outline, acute at apex, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower; corona 21mm long, funnel-shaped, ribbed, mouth straight and frilled with rim flanged and dentate. Mildly scented.

Origin of Name

Named in honor of David Adam’s dear friend, Alf Chappell.

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Best MateBest Mate, 2 W-W, David Adams, New Zealand, 2012
Photo #57722 Becky Fox Matthews, USABest MateBest Mate, 2 W-W, David Adams, New Zealand, 2012
Photo #49140 Lachlan Keown, New ZealandBest MateBest Mate, 2 W-W, David Adams, New Zealand, 2012
Photo #49139 Lachlan Keown, New Zealand